2011 Christmas Card

May your Holiday be a blessed one.

Merry Christmas to all

and a Happy New Year.

To all my friends out there

Have a great week-end.

A early start to the day at Cedar Ridge

Started at 4 this morning cleaning the studio

and setting up my displays for the Open House.

Saturday will be here before I know it.

I love cardinals they are so bright in the landscape.

I love all my birds.

They eat better than we do at times.

The woodpeckers, blue jays,titmouse's and chickadees

have been very hungry.

I switched to solid block bird feed.

They perch on it and work the seeds loose.

Fun to watch.

Well I had better get back to the studio to finish up.

I plan to be finished by noon today.

Than I can spend tome making

some more landscape quilts.



First of the Holiday Shows

 Monday Andy  my grandson and I set up

my display for the Holiday Show at the

Carneige for Friday and Saturday.

I feature small art quilts made from

my photographs printed on fabric

than thread painted and either framed,

matted or made into greeting cards.

Today I will get back into the studio

to prepare for my first week end

show in the studio the 19th of November.

 If you live in the area the Holiday Show is

Friday the 11th 6 - 9 pm

and Saturday the 12th 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.

at the Lillian Fendig Gallery

301 N Van Rensselaer Street,

Rensselaer, Indiana

219-866-5278

A great mix of fine art, baked goods, photography.

Cedar Ridge Studio

 New and improved sewing station but

 I miss looking out the window.

Sewing is hard with the sun in your eyes.

When the sun changes elevation I can go back.

I did get another 12 small photo quilts

stitched so this morning I will mat them.

Got a roast cooking in the crock pot

to add to the beef and noodles

I will serve at Christmas to

the 35 or so guest.

That is why I start early

with the food preparation.

We usually have a feast.

Going to be a rainy day so it is a good

studio day. 

Have a good one.

Whats new at Cedar Ridge.

               Thought you might enjoy last years Christmas card. I made 10 different watercolors.

      The female Cardinal is back at the bird feeder my husband made  from a plastic saucer.
 
           The Junco, female Cardinal and the Downy Woodpecker enjoying the sunshine today,

            Another of my presents to me. two small art quilt collages from Virginia Spiegel.

           You would think I had enough of Christmas but my daughter
           and I went in search of next years Christmas presents at 75%  off.
           When you do 30 stockings you can never start too early.

Merry Christmas 2010 Christmas Card

 Merry Christmas &
A Blessed New Year

                                      From

                    Bill & Mary Van Soest

This is how it looks outside today.

Another peaceful day in the country

It's been a good year at Cedar Ridge.

Bill got to go fishing lots of times

The garden produced an abundance of veggies.

We filled 2 freezers and 4 dozen jars.

Brought a lot to the neighbors too.

Mary spent a lot of time in the studio.

Sewing, painting, drawing & reading.

My studio is full of fun stuff to do.

Have a  great Holiday season.